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Several hundred supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered on Tuesday morning at a park in downtown Nairobi, determined to "swear in as president" their leader who boycotted a re-run election last year. President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term in November after winning the repeat presidential election in October that Odinga boycotted due to doubts it would be free and fair. Kenyatta had also been declared winner of the August election, but the Supreme Court later nullified that result, over irregularities. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rQndvX

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest from the New York fraud trial of a reputed Philadelphia mob boss (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BEg0OX

The Trump administration has announced it will not impose additional sanctions on Russia, despite Congress passing a law allowing the President to do so. With Monday the deadline for the White House to impose any new measures, the US State Department insisted the threat of sanctions was already acting as a deterrent. The new sanctions would have required the US Treasury Department to penalise foreign governments and companies doing business with Russia’s defence and intelligence sectors. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EpWg4H

The Houston Police Department released new information Tuesday about the investigation into the shooting death of a kidnap victim during an FBI raid. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rVNQzm

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Schools, clinics and food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip were closed most of Monday by a demonstration by thousands of employees of the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees. Palestinians have been angered by a U.S. decision to cut aid to the United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency (UNRWA), saying it will cause worse hardship in Gaza. More than half the enclave's two million residents depend on support from UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GtIdvA

Elizabeth Guzman (D) immigrated to the United States from Peru 20 years ago. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nnK24D

A Russian-organised peace conference aimed at ending the war in Syria had a shambolic start on Tuesday, after dozens of opposition delegates refused to leave the airport in Sochi and others backed out at the last minute. Moscow, a staunch Assad ally, is hosting what it has called a Syrian Congress of National Dialogue in the Black Sea resort that it hopes will launch negotiations on drafting a new constitution for Syria after almost seven years of war. But the conference, which is running in parallel to the United Nations-negotiated talks, looked in jeopardy after more than 70 rebel delegates refused to leave the airport until all logos and emblems representing the government were removed. A rebel source told the Telegraph Russia had promised to change or remove the symbol of the congress, which read “Peace to the People of Syria” but only featured the regime flag, only to be greeted by them at the arrivals gate. Sochi conference logo (w/only regime flag) causing problems. Apparently a

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday after accusing Iran of wanting "to turn Lebanon into one giant missile site". Netanyahu has held a series of discussions with Putin in recent months on Iran's influence in war-torn Syria and in Lebanon, seeking to persuade Russia to limit Iran's presence near Israeli territory and to stop it from entrenching itself militarily in Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rQ8qkL

North Korea pulled out of a joint cultural event with South Korea planned for at the North's Diamond Mountain on Feb. 4 from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rRuefJ

Joy Behar kicked off an interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday by confronting the lawmaker for calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DKrLVZ

Rep. Eric Swalwell joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the news that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is stepping down and warns that if his departure is in any way connected to the Russia investigation, it will cause problems for the Trump administration. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2FucoBI

President Trump honors the parents of an American student who died shortly after being released from imprisonment by North Korea. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DOF9s2

At President Trump's first State of the Union address, First Lady Melania Trump opted to arrive on Capitol Hill with her invited guests instead of the her husband. The situation was different one year ago. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GxhGNR

By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume admissions for refugees from 11 countries identified as presenting a high security risk, but with extra vetting for these mostly Middle Eastern and African nations, senior U.S. officials said on Monday. The changes came after a 90-day review of refugee admissions from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen by the State Department, Department of Homeland Security and intelligence agencies. The new rules are the latest changes to the U.S. refugee program made by the administration of President Donald Trump to address what it sees as national security issues. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rQCSLp

A California teacher has come under fire after videos emerged of him disparaging members of the military as the “lowest of our low” and urging his students to reject military service. In the videos, the voice identified as Mr Salcido’s uses a derogatory term to refer to members of the military and says it is comprised low achievers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BBCtwg

A Russian fighter jet came within 5ft of a US surveillance plane as it flew over the Black Sea, in what the US called an “unsafe interaction”. The flight path of the Russian jet forced the US Navy aircraft, which was flying in international airspace, to end its mission prematurely, a US official said. “This is but the latest example of Russian military activities disregarding international norms and agreements,” the US State Department said in a separate statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Esc2w9

Qatar has sought to enjoy the benefits of maintaining a membership in the GCC and close relations with Iran. Tensions between the Gulf states and Qatar developed into an outright feud last June as a result of Qatar’s drift toward Iran, which led the Saudis and their partners to impose a boycott and cut off air, sea, and land routes to Qatar. Instead of responding positively to a demand that it cut ties with Tehran, Qatar defiantly restored full diplomatic relations with Iran. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BC0Qdj

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress advanced their monthslong assault on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Monday, voting along partisan lines to release a classified memo slamming officials from the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation who have investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EkDP1c

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday after accusing Iran of wanting "to turn Lebanon into one giant missile site". Netanyahu has held a series of discussions with Putin in recent months on Iran's influence in war-torn Syria and in Lebanon, seeking to persuade Russia to limit Iran's presence near Israeli territory and to stop it from entrenching itself militarily in Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rQ8qkL

WASHINGTON ― The State of the Union is one of the most predictable set pieces of political theater in the United States. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nskyDa

The incident unfolded while the US EP-3 Aries spy plane was on a mission in international airspace. The US military has reported several "unsafe" interactions with Russian jets in the skies over the Black Sea in recent months. "The Russian military is within its right to operate within international airspace, but they must behave within international standards set to ensure safety and prevent incidents," the statement read. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EoEb7e

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Schools, clinics and food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip were closed most of Monday by a demonstration by thousands of employees of the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees. Palestinians have been angered by a U.S. decision to cut aid to the United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency (UNRWA), saying it will cause worse hardship in Gaza. More than half the enclave's two million residents depend on support from UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GtIdvA

A 401(k) plan is a workplace retirement savings account. 401(k) accounts get their odd name from the section of the tax code that created and governs them. Workers and employers can both make deposits to the account until they hit annual contribution limits. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BCHX9T

North Korea has stepped up its executions, the top commander of US troops on the Korean Peninsula said on Monday, amid increasing strain on the its military from international economic sanctions. “We’re seeing some increase in executions, mostly against political officers who are in military units, for corruption,” General Vincent K Brooks, the top US commander in South Korea told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the actions “are really about trying to clamp down on as much as possible on something that might be deteriorating and keeping it from deteriorating too quickly.” In recent months the South Korean press has reported the possible execution of Park In-young, the official in charge of Pyongyang’s nuclear test facilities, and former military chief, General Hwang Pyong-so, who was accused of allegedly taking bribes. General Brooks also noted a recent shift in the pattern of defections from the North. “We’re seeing defections happening in areas where we don’t generally see the

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on court orders by Nevada judges to release documents that had been sealed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Fvu0wU

Joy Behar kicked off an interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday by confronting the lawmaker for calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DKrLVZ

Amazon, alongside JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway, will form a new independent health care business for their US employees. The US business giants offered no concrete details about the new joint-venture on Tuesday, but said they plan to offer health services with “transparency” and cut healthcare costs for their staff in the US. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, Berkshire’s billionaire chairman Warren Buffett and Wall Street executive Jamie Dimon said the startup will be “free from profit making incentives”. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EnTXiB

Rep. Joseph Kennedy III slammed President Donald Trump for "targetting laws" that protect Americans on Tuesday night as he delivered the Democratic response to the State of the Union address. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DRDNkI

A rare celestial phenomenon will take place January 31, when a super moon, blue moon and total lunar eclipse take place at the same time. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DYywXv

Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Bobby Kennedy's grandson, who will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union, has the burden of living up to his family's legacy without seeming to trade on it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2FtX6fY

At President Trump's first State of the Union address, First Lady Melania Trump opted to arrive on Capitol Hill with her invited guests instead of the her husband. The situation was different one year ago. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GxhGNR

By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW/Donetsk, Ukraine (Reuters) - In the fall of 2015, pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine were introduced to a moustachioed new commander who, like his predecessors, went by the codename Tuman - "fog" in Russian. When he was killed while on official assignment to Syria two years later, it turns out that this name was also fake, a deception to hide Russia's central role in a conflict that Moscow and the rebels maintain was entirely homegrown. In fact, Valery Asapov was a Russian general working undercover. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DLXGte

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest from the New York fraud trial of a reputed Philadelphia mob boss (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BEg0OX

North Korea has stepped up its executions, the top commander of US troops on the Korean Peninsula said on Monday, amid increasing strain on the its military from international economic sanctions. “We’re seeing some increase in executions, mostly against political officers who are in military units, for corruption,” General Vincent K Brooks, the top US commander in South Korea told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the actions “are really about trying to clamp down on as much as possible on something that might be deteriorating and keeping it from deteriorating too quickly.” In recent months the South Korean press has reported the possible execution of Park In-young, the official in charge of Pyongyang’s nuclear test facilities, and former military chief, General Hwang Pyong-so, who was accused of allegedly taking bribes. General Brooks also noted a recent shift in the pattern of defections from the North. “We’re seeing defections happening in areas where we don’t generally see the

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - China and the African Union dismissed on Monday a report in French newspaper Le Monde that Beijing had bugged the regional bloc's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital. An article published Friday in Le Monde, quoting anonymous AU sources, reported that data from computers in the Chinese-built building had been transferred nightly to Chinese servers for five years. After the massive hack was discovered a year ago, the building's IT system including servers was changed, according to Le Monde. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Emivs9

Early insight into the details of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech suggests his Tuesday address will be restrained and placatory, challenging his penchant for angry outbursts and divisive rhetoric. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nug9iO

The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist who was jailed in China in a case which further strained relations was Tuesday barred from boarding a flight to visit him in prison. Human rights and democracy activists have been targeted in Chinese President Xi Jinping's crackdown on dissent since he took power in 2012. Taipei had called Lee's jailing "unacceptable" and a serious blow to cross-strait relations, while his wife Lee Ching-yu called his trial a "political show". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DMnD7M

The big question looming over President Trump's first State of the Union speech is whether he will mention the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. But what he says will also give clues to his agenda for 2018 and his strategy for the midterm elections. Here's what to look for. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DWRKwX

Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Bobby Kennedy's grandson, who will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union, has the burden of living up to his family's legacy without seeming to trade on it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2FtX6fY

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted a US surveillance plane over the Black Sea on Monday, prompting the American government to protest the manoeuvre as "an unsafe interaction". The US State Department said the Russian jet closed to within five feet and crossed directly in front of the EP-3 Aries II plane. The encounter, first reported by Russia's RIA news agency, cited the defence ministry as saying the US Navy aircraft, did not violate Russian air space. "This is but the latest example of Russian military activities disregarding international norms and agreements," said the State Department. "We call on Russia to cease these unsafe actions that increase the risk of miscalculation, danger to aircrew on both sides, and midair collisions." MT @USNavyEurope : #USNavy EP-3 Aries flying in international airspace over #BlackSea was intercepted by Russian Su-27. Interaction determined unsafe: Su-27 came within 5 feet & crossed thru EP-3’s flight path,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday after accusing Iran of wanting "to turn Lebanon into one giant missile site". Netanyahu has held a series of discussions with Putin in recent months on Iran's influence in war-torn Syria and in Lebanon, seeking to persuade Russia to limit Iran's presence near Israeli territory and to stop it from entrenching itself militarily in Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rQ8qkL

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on court orders by Nevada judges to release documents that had been sealed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Fvu0wU

This is the first State of the Union address given by U.S. President Donald Trump and his second joint-session address to Congress. Read the full text of President Trump’s first State of the Union address as it was prepared for delivery below. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DYRZrf

The United States warned Tuesday that it may soon impose new sanctions on Russian figures, after Vladimir Putin laughed off the release of a US target list of his closest and richest allies. The world was braced for a US sanctions onslaught on Monday when a new law came into effect 180 days after President Donald Trump, still hopeful for warmer ties, begrudgingly signed it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nsdmXF

People on Twitter have Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s back. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Gzi9iP

The incident unfolded while the US EP-3 Aries spy plane was on a mission in international airspace. The US military has reported several "unsafe" interactions with Russian jets in the skies over the Black Sea in recent months. "The Russian military is within its right to operate within international airspace, but they must behave within international standards set to ensure safety and prevent incidents," the statement read. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EoEb7e

Some Democratic lawmakers are set to bring "Dreamers" as guests to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DNNAUB

North Korea has stepped up its executions, the top commander of US troops on the Korean Peninsula said on Monday, amid increasing strain on the its military from international economic sanctions. “We’re seeing some increase in executions, mostly against political officers who are in military units, for corruption,” General Vincent K Brooks, the top US commander in South Korea told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the actions “are really about trying to clamp down on as much as possible on something that might be deteriorating and keeping it from deteriorating too quickly.” In recent months the South Korean press has reported the possible execution of Park In-young, the official in charge of Pyongyang’s nuclear test facilities, and former military chief, General Hwang Pyong-so, who was accused of allegedly taking bribes. General Brooks also noted a recent shift in the pattern of defections from the North. “We’re seeing defections happening in areas where we don’t generally see the

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is coming to a small screen near you. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DPpbSL